England’s poor Test form since the Ashes has since them slip to third place in the ICC Official Test Championship rankings.

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has launched a scathing underhand attack on Muttiah Muralitharan.

Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath is unlikely to take part in this October’s ICC Champions Trophy in India.

Pakistan fast bowler Naved-ul-Hasan is to miss the whole Test series against England to have surgery to sort out his groin injury.

It has been announced that India will host the final of the 2011 World Cup with Sri Lanka and Pakistan sharing a semi-final each.

Pakistan A completed a fairly easy win over New Zealand A, with Pakistani captain Misbah-uh-Haq giving us a glimpse of his skills.

Australia A won its first match in the Top End series by beating New Zealand A by 16 runs in the second match of the Twenty20 double header in Darwin.

Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell has earnt an England recall in place of Andrew Flintoff for the first Test against Pakistan.

Ian Bell and Alistair Cook, two players likely to feature for England on Thursday, both found form as England A drew with Pakistan.

Mohammad Asif will miss the first Test against England after injuring his elbow in the warmup match against England A.